Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1883
- Died
- 1962
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Quartetto quasi una fantasia
- Symphōnia ar.1 se ḏo helassona ergo 21
- Hoi megaloi mousourgoi
- Hē zōē mou kai hē technē mou
- The shadowy waters
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 646
- Total plays
- 4,477
Tags
GreekClassicalPost-Romanticmodern classicalpost-romanticism
Manolis Kalomiris, Μανώλης Καλομοίρης (1883–1962), was a Greek composer. Born in Smyrna, he attended school in Constantinople and studied piano and composition in Vienna. After working for a few years as a piano teacher in Kharkov (then Russia and now Ukraine) he settled in Athens. An admirer of Richard Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Kostis Palamas, and Nikos Kazantzakis, he set himself the life goal of establishing a Greek "national school" of music <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Manolis+Kalomi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Place of birth
- İzmir
- Place of death
- Athens
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Kharkiv Conservatory
- Employer
- Athens Conservatoire
- Languages spoken
- Greek
- Native language
- Greek
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Work location
- Athens
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- student
- Dimitris Dragatakis
- Commons category
- Manolis Kalomiris
- date of birth
- 1883-12-14
- date of death
- 1962-04-03
- date of burial or cremation
- 1962-04-04
- name in native language
- Μανώλης Καλομοίρης
- ethnic group
- Greeks
- member of
- Academy of Athens
- start of work period
- 1906-00-00
- influenced by
- Kostis Palamas
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Manolis Kalomiris, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana